Nature and Humans

Prizes:

Over €14,000 in total prizes including cash awards, photography equipment and features in specialized magazines.

Eligibility:

Participation is exclusively digital, through the Competition’s web platform: www.natureandhumans.com Photographs must be submitted in JPG format and must contain their metadata or Exif data. This data is automatically encrypted and cannot be seen by the judges at any time, so it is not a problem if the metadata includes the authorship of the image. Images must be submitted without frames, signatures or watermarks. IMPORTANT: the JPG image must have a minimum of 3000 pixels on its longest side and a resolution of 300dpi. The maximum size limit for each image is 100Mb. Entrants may, at the time of submitting their photographs to the competition, also submit the RAW file of each image. This is voluntary at the time of submitting the JPG, but entrants might choose otro do so, in order to avoid having to submit the RAW if their entry is chose for the final phase of judging (moment in which, submitting the RAW image becomes compulsory). Each entrant may submit a maximum of 30 photographs and is free to choose the distribution of the images among the categories. The same photograph may not be entered in more than one category. In the case of photographs that reach the final phase of judging, the Jury may request any clarification it deems appropriate about the image to ensure compliance with the rules. Failure by the participant to respond will result in the disqualification of the photograph. Originality is important to us. The jury will take into account in its deliberations if any of the images submitted have won a first prize (absolute winner or category winner) in any of the main Spanish or international competitions if this fact has been made public by the closing date for participation in this Competition(10 September 2023 at 11.59 p.m.). Each image must be accompanied by a caption, comment or description*. (*) IMPORTANT NOTE: The description of each image shall include a brief comment by the entrant explaining why the image inspires conservation, in line with the comments in the opening remarks these rules. Failure to include this comment may result in the disqualification of the image. The photographs uploaded to the Competition’s web platform will initially remain as “provisional” and may be modified or deleted at any time until the participant decides to close his/her participation, or on the closing date of the Competition, at which time the images submitted will be considered as definitive. For the avoidance of doubt: with the exception of the three special categories “Conservation Photography”, only images of free and wild animals will be accepted. If the the wild animal has been manipulated in any way, or its behaviour has been induced or influenced in any way (including the use of bait, seeds or scent), this must be explained in as much detail as possible in the description of the image. Images that do not comply with these rules, themes and categories (very especially, what is said in Rule 3 Code of Ethics) will be disqualified from the Competition.

Copyrights & Usage Rights:

Participants must be the sole copyright holders of the photographs submitted and will be fully responsible for ensuring that no third-party rights exist in the submitted works. Therefore, participants accept full responsibility towards the organizers and the Foundation for any financial liabilities that may arise in favor of third parties as a result of actions, claims, or disputes related to the failure to comply with these obligations.

Theme:

Wildlife Nature Multi-categories Environmental